The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Takes out

5 Deckhand

9 Covertly drops a line to 13 Make faces, perhaps 14 Window’s counterpart 16 ___- chic

( hippie- influenced style) 17 Red root

19 Groan- inducing dice roll 20 Note below F, perhaps? 21 Judean king

23 Undefined degree 24 Certain red wine,

to connoisseurs

26 Slip up

28 Kind of scenario 31 Comfort

32 Give a good beatin’ 33 Ornamental pond fish 35 One of many in

Jesus’ crown

37 Line of clothing 38 Diaper

41 Org. whose members

meet in an alley

42 Live in a studio

44 “___: Cyber”

( 2010s TV spinoff) 45 Symbol of England 46 Altogether

49 Long- handled weapon 51 Went on

53 Fortune

54 It “lives from constraints and dies from freedom,” per Leonardo da Vinci 55 Went after

57 Tennis star Naomi

61 “I dare you!”

63 Name tag

65 Blood moon, to some 66 Slightly brown

67 Old Dodge

68 Cause of class struggle? 69 Video file extension 70 Handful of golfers?

DOWN

1 Figures at a

racetrack

2 Let go

3 Rattle

4 Stretchy

headwear

5 ___ João de

Meriti, Brazil 6 Employed by

7 They may be packed for a trip in the mountains 8 Says quickly

without thinking 9 ___ World Service 10 Thanksgiving

centerpiece

11 One talking on

and on and on 12 They outrank frosh 15 Affordable, in company names 18 It may be well done

22 “Keep Climbing”

sloganeer

25 Need for a triathlon 27 —

28 “Well, I guess if

everyone else is ...” No. 0711

29 History and

literature, e. g. 30 Problem for

a mariner

32 “Am I supposed

to know this person?” 34 Close of business? 36 Old ___, “Game of

Thrones” caretaker 38 Rubbish

39 Subj. of some thought

experiments

40 Six- stringed

instrument

43 ___ Tech, notable

bankruptcy of 2016 45 “I’d rather we skip it” 47 Strata

48 Yoked pair

50 Pillage

51 Gal in “Wonder

Woman”

52 Gobble

56 Place for un béret

58 “Je t’___”

( French for “I love you”) 59 Xanadu resident 60 Without change

62 It may be placed in

mines

64 Coatroom item